This is a coach who has to change his game plan, and not in a good way.

“Obviously, we are,” Turner said. “We’re a team that wants to run the ball. We’re trying to do everything we can to generate some first downs and move the ball and keep our defense off the field.

“Again, the questions that get asked are pretty obvious. When you start moving people around in there _ you see Jeromey Clary get helped off the field in the first part, you’ve got a young guy in Michael Harris playing left tackle who has been outstanding in terms of what he’s capable of doing, you see Tyronne come off _ then that probably would answer the question for you. If I need to spell it out better, that is probably a big part of it.”

The Chargers did get some good play out of individuals. Demorrio Williams, subbing for injured Donald Butler at middle linebacker, intercepted an Andy Dalton pass and returned it for a touchdown (his second of the season). The defense, with the usual exception _ Cincy used 14 plays to go 55 yards and score a touchdown and take a 17-13 lead with 4:11 to play _ played well enough to win the game.

But the offense hasn’t scored a touchdown for six consecutive quarters, and the Chargers aren’t going to win many 9-6 affairs. That’s not how they’re built.

As Rivers put it: “Any time you go into a game and don’t score a touchdown, it’s hard to win.”

Amen to that, Philip. That’s about as much go-getting as I can go get.